Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Dear Christian…You are Not a Failure

The liberal, the media, and the religious would have you
believe that due to your political choices you have failed the country,
humanity and God. In their world-centered logic and reasoning they’ve painted
you with narrow brushstrokes of bigotry and hatred.

I’ve seen the posts. I’ve heard the rhetoric. I’ve read the
long winded blogs that accuse Christianity of failing, that claim that you do
not care about women or women’s issues because you value life at conception, that
accuse you of intolerance because you refuse to swallow the world view of open
borders, and change your stance on what defines marriage. I’ve seen them accuse
you of having no love because you don’t agree with either their viewpoint or
their lifestyle. I’ve seen the media, and the religious, favor those who agree
with the liberal agenda while viciously attacking those of us who don’t.

I want you to know, dear Christian, you are not a failure.

What the liberal, the media, and the religious have
forgotten is that as Christians, our political choices do not define us.

You are not a republican.

You are not a democrat.

You are a Christian, a Christ follower, your identity is in
Jesus, not the world.

It is that very identity in Christ that should shape your
political and world view, not the other way around. It is your identity in
Christ that should guide your opinions and beliefs. Your identity in Christ
should govern the way you speak, the way you act, and how you react. It is
because of your identity in Christ that you can love them regardless of what they
say, or do, no matter how much they judge you for your faith, (Galatians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:4).

What they don’t understand is this…as Christians we are
called to live our lives according to what God’s Word says. We cannot
cherry-pick Scripture to fit our world view, or to justify our sin, or the sin
of others. They don’t understand that we cannot claim to love Jesus while we
are embracing the world’s standards and culture, (James 4:4).

This is the reality that the liberal, the media, and the
religious cannot understand. Because we are Christians we cannot agree with
anything that contradicts the Bible.

Dear Christian, you are not a failure.

It does not matter if the liberal, the media, or the
religious agree with your doctrine. It does not matter if the world paints you
into a corner, labels you, and sticks you in a box of their own making. Their
hate is not really, truly, aimed at you, (John 15:18-25).

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